Page 158 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 13 February 2019
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Members interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Members! Mrs Jones, are you going back to the point of order on relevance?
Mrs Jones: Yes, the point of order on relevance is nothing to do with interjections. The point of order I am making is that we do not yet know anything about what the minister thinks about a very important matter in the human rights jurisdiction, which is the balance between the human rights—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mrs Jones, please resume your seat.
Mrs Jones: of people who are committed to criminal activity—
MADAM SPEAKER: Resume your seat, Mrs Jones! I am not going to rule on the point of order. The attorney has been quite clear in a comprehensive response to this question and others before what his view is around human rights compliance and the framework in which human rights in this territory operate. If you stand again on the same point of order on which I have just ruled I will warn you, Mrs Jones.
And in reference to Mr Rattenbury’s point of order, I would say that we have one more question left so can we get through that without interjections.
Mrs Jones: On your ruling, Madam Speaker, I would like to ask how the minister has answered on the difference—
MADAM SPEAKER: I have made my ruling, Mrs Jones. You are now warned. Please sit down. Did you have anything to add, attorney?
MR RAMSAY: I am delighted to add to this as it is an important area. This demonstrates that there is a misunderstanding of the way human rights balances are made. It is not a matter of balancing a person’s human rights versus another person’s human rights; it is a matter of looking across the breadth of the policy work and the breadth of the implications across the ACT. As to the way I form my view—noting that of course that the opposition would not possibly be asking me for a personal opinion on this matter—in terms of it being a policy, I will take advice from the Human Rights Commission, the Government Solicitor and the directorate which has a human rights area offering advice on each piece of legislation I consider.
Education—Chromebooks
MS CHEYNE: My question is to the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development. Minister, can you update the Assembly on the rollout of Chromebooks in public schools?
MS BERRY: Thank you, Ms Cheyne, for the question. Last week I was very happy to join students at Mount Stromlo High School to assist with the continued distribution of Chromebook devices to public school students in the ACT. This has
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